COLLECTION OF ROMAN AND BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS WITH MOULDED DECORATION. Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of three terracotta oil lamps, including, from left to right: a pear-shaped lamp with a pointed rear lug, the shoulder moulded with a repeating pattern around a circular filling hole, and a short tubular nozzle with round wick hole; a round-bodied lamp with broad concave discus moulded as a multi-petalled rosette surrounding a central filling hole; a pear-shaped lamp with a pointed rear lug, the shoulder decorated with a double beaded wreath. For similar see: K. De Rosa, Roman Ceramic Oil Lamps in the Museum of Ancient Cultures: A Typological and Compositional Analysis, Fig. 73-74 MU 3713 Size: 25-40mm x 75-105mm; Weight: 185g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1990s UK Ancient art collection.